The other day, an entrepreneur shared with me that he recently discovered he was running the leanest company in his industry. Other companies in the same industry had 3 or 4 times his number of staff, much higher overheads and much lower profits. They also happened to have raised funding. 

  Q Communications celebrated its first year anniversary on 29 April 2015. As a young Asian female entrepreneur, I am glad to have survived the first year in business. With tremendous help and support from all, as well as a healthy dose of courage and conviction, here are three important lessons I learnt as a bootstrapping business owner.